Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-05-27
THE HIGH LICENSE LAW.
Full Text Of the Restrictive
Measure that Became Law
on May 18th.

An act to restrain and regulate the
sale of vinous and spirituous, malt
or brewed liquors, or any admix-
ture thereof
Section l. Be it enacted, etc, That
it shall be unlawful to keep or main
tain any house, room, or place, hotel,
inn, or tavern where any vinous,
spirituons, malt or brewed liquors, or
any admixture thereof, are sold by re-
tall except license therefor shall
shall have been previously obtained,
as is hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Licenses for the sale OF
vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed
liquors at retail, in quantities not ex-
ceeding one quart. shall only be grant
ed to citizens of the United States of
temperate habits aud good moral
character
Section 3. Such licenses may be
granted only by the Court of Quarter
sessions of the proper County, and
shall be for one from a date fixed by
by rule or standing order of said Court
The said Court shall fix by rule or
standing order at a time at which ap-
plication for said license shall be
heard, at which time all persons ap-
plying or making objections to appli-
cations for license may be heard by
evidence, petition, remonstrance, or
counsel: provided that licenses under
previous laws shall not be granted
later than June 30th of this year.
Section 4. Every person intending
to apply for license as aforesaid in
any city or County of this Common
wealth, from and after the passage of
this act, shall file with the Clerk of
the Court of Quarter Sessions of the
proper County his, her or their petit
ton at least three weeks before the
first day of the sessions OF the Court
at which the same is to be heard, and
shall, at the same time, pay said
clerk $5 for expenses connected there
with, and said clerk shall cause to be
published three times in two news
papers designated by the said Court
list containing the names of all such
applicants, their respective residences
and the place for which application is
made. The first publication shall not
be less than fifteen nor more than
twenty five days before the time fix
ed by the Court, provided that no Ii
cense shall be granted under the pro-
visions of this act to any person to
sell in any room where groceries are
sold at wholesale or retail. Provided
also that in cities of the first class, in
the month of January, in each and
every year, it shall be the duty of the
Mercantile Appraisers to return un-
der oath, together with the list of
mercantile taxes, all licensed and un-
licensed hotels. taverns, inns, restaur-
ants or saloons engaged in selling in-
toxicating liquors, and they shall also
return duplicate list of said licersed
and unlicensed hotels, taverns, inns,
restaurants or saloons to the Clerk of
the :Court of Quarter Sessions, and
the said list of licensed and unlicens-
ed hotels, taverns, inns. restaurants,
or saloons, shall be published in the
manner now prescribed for the publ
cation of Mercantile Appraisers list,
and said list to contain the name and
amount paid by each licensee, and
unlicensed hotel, tavern, inn, resteur-
ant or saloon. and it shall be their
further duty to return to the District
Attorney in said cities Of the first
class the name and residence of every
proprietor or keeper of any unlicensed
hotel, tavern, inn, restaurant or sa'
loon, together with the location there
of. And it shall be the duty of the
duty of the District Attorney to forth
with proceed to prosecute each and
every offender according to law. And
for each and every license granted by
the Court for any hotel, tavern, inn,
restaurant or saloon the Mercantile
Appraisers shall receive the sum ol
$3.50, the said sum to be paid by the
applicant or applicants for said Ii
cense.
Section S. Said petition shall con
tain
First. The name and present resi-
dence of applicant and how long he
has there resided.
Second. The particular place fol
which license is desired.
Third. The place of birth of said
applicant and, if naturalized citizen,
where and when naturalized.
Fourth. The name of owner o1
premises.
Fifth. That the place to be licens
ed is necessary for the accommoda
tion of the public.
Sixth. That none of the applicant:
are in any manner pecuniarily inter
ested in the profits of the business
conducted at any other place in said
County where any of said liquors are
sold or kept for sale.
Seventh. That the applicant is the
only person in any manner pecunla
rily interested in the business so ask
ed to be licensed, and that no other
person shall be in any manner pecu
niarily interested therein during the
} continuance of the license.
Eighth. Whether applicant or any
of them has had license for the sale
of liquors in this Commonwealth dur
ing any portion of the year preceding
this application revoked.
Ninth. The names of no less than
two reputable freeholders of the ward
or township where the liquor is to be
sold who will be his, her or their sur
cites on the bond which is required
) and q statement that each of said sur
eties is bonafide owner ofreal estate
in the said County worth over and
above all membranes the sum oi
50, 900 and that it would sell for that
much at public sale, and that he is
not engaged in the manufacture o.
spirjtuous, malt, or brewed liquors.
Tenth This petition must be veri
fed by affidavit of applicant, made
before the Clerk of the Court, Mag.
istrate, Notary Public, or Justice o.
the Peace, and if any false statement
is made in any part of said petition
the applicant or applicants shall be
deemed guilty of the crime of perjury
and upon indictment and conviction
shall be subject to its penalties.